Functional analysis of mouse Polycomb group genes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-79

  Van Lohuizen, M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bmi1; Cell cycle; Haematopoietic defects; Homeotic transformations; M33; Mel18; Mouse Polycomb group

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031974535     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050126     Document Type: Review

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